German Court Rules Against Apple's Swipe-To-Unlock Patent

When Apple debuted the iPhone and subsequently iOS, one of the features of the phone was the swipe-to-unlock feature that allowed users to unlock their phone by swiping their finger across the screen. This feature has since been used by many smartphone OEMs and operating systems. Unfortunately it seems that Apple's desire to protect the feature and sue companies for using it isn't going so well. Recently the courts in Germany have basically ruled against Apple and claimed that the feature did no...